Title History of the Church Under the Old Testament, From the Creation o

Highlights 1730

Location Published 18-SCOT-EDINBURGH-THOMAS & RUDDIMANS

Book Number 17514

MILLAR, ROBERT. The History of the Church Under the Old Testament, From the Creation of the World: Wherein Also The Affairs and Learning of Heathen Nations before the Birth of Christ, and the State of the Jews from the Babylonish Captivity to the present Time are particularly considered. To which is subjoined, A Discourse to promote the Conversion of the Jews to Christianity. By Mr. Robert Millar Minister of the Gospel in Paisley. Edinburgh, Printed by Mr. Thomas and Walter Ruddimans, M.D.CC.XXX. [1730] Folio. Bound leather spine and corners with marbled paper over boards, black morocco title label, leather split along hinges but sometime repaired with new endpapers so that the hinges are now tight, spine ends chipped away, worn through leather at corners, rubbed & scuffed, marbled paper worn through finish, 3cm diameter piece marbled paper torn from back cover, front paste-down endpaper with heavy foxing, title page tattered a bit at bottom edge and with old repairs to corners and two tears, a few small tears scattered in text, dampstain on outer margin of first 75 pages, light to medium foxing. Collation: a-c2, A-Ooooooo2, Ppppppp1; A-N1, O1. Pagination: (1) title, (1) blank, [iii]-iv dedication, v-viii preface, ix-xi subscribers, xii(only) contents, 1-610pp text; 1-27 Discourse...Conversion of the Jews, (1) blank, 29-41 Chronological Table, 42-54 index. ESTC Online Citation No. T129555 with 12 libraries in the UK and 4 in N. America. OCLC adds 1 library in UK and 4 in N. America. Robert Millar, 1672-1752, "apologist and historian... Millar was the author of two essays in historical apologetics, A History of the Propagation of Christianity (2 vols, E, 1723) and A History of the Church under the Old Testament (E, 1730). In both, as an apologetic